Europe

An aborted 2022 peace deal between Russia and Ukraine could be the basis for new negotiations but there is no sign that Kyiv is ready for talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.

U.S. intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin probably didn't order opposition politician Alexei Navalny killed at an Arctic prison camp in February, the Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

Western assistance to Kyiv prolongs the conflict with Russia and enriches corrupt officials, French party leader Florian Philippot has said.

According to a draft agreement, Kyiv would have committed to neutral status and received international security guarantees.

The attack took place in Russian annexed Donetsk People’s Republic, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense.

US-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, allow Ukrainian forces target Russians in Crimean peninsula “more effectively”, the New York Times has reported, citing senior Pentagon officials.

The values system dominating the West has “brought chaos”, the Hungarian prime minister believes.

America will get stuck in a bloody swamp in Ukraine, Russia’s Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov has warned.

The United States in recent weeks secretly shipped long-range missiles to Ukraine for use in its battle to fight off Russian, and Ukraine has now used them twice, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.